Correlation does not equal causation!
Every person reading this is likely sitting down
(including Todd Neale, the staff writer who reported
this news!) Perhaps Todd and the rest of us should all
quit our jobs in order to become mail carriers or
hiking guides or farmers.
A University of Queensland systematic review of eight
studies examining the link between occupational sitting
and cardiovascular risks revealed conflicting evidence
(reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine).
Four of these studies found an increased risk of
coronary heart disease with prolonged sitting at work,
but three others showed no association and one found an
increased cardiovascular risk with occupational activity.
Among four studies of diabetes risk and occupational
sitting, three studies found an increased risk with
sitting, while an additional prospective study found no
association.
Six studies assessed mortality risk with occupational
sitting, four of which found an increased risk, while
one study found no association â€“ and one showed a
decreased mortality risk for those with sedentary
occupations..

Kelly R. Hutson, D.C.

01/12/11

Whatever happened to Dr. James Levine of the Mayo
Clinic's idea of the walking/treadmill desk? I heard
about it years ago and fully expected them to be
commonplace by now but still haven't heard much about
them..

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